The J.M. Alexander Middle School Future City team celebrated after winning the N.C. championship and qualifying for a trip to the national championship. (Rachel Stewart photo)

A team of eight graders from the J.M. Alexander Middle School IB program on Saturday won the North Carolina Future City Competition at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Their alternative-energy powered “future city” of Mahali Kuwa, South Africa, was judged tops among more than two dozen schools.

It was the fifth straight year a north Mecklenburg International Baccalaureate team won the competition, continuing a tradition that began when the IB program was housed at Davidson IB Middle School. Read the full story

Davidson IB Middle School on South Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Lake Norman Christian School is wrapping up a lease agreement with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools for the former Davidson IB Middle School building on South Street, and hopes to open for classes at its new home in January. The school plans an “Autumn Blast” barbecue and carnival Saturday at the middle school to raise money for renovations and to meet with neighbors. Read the full story

By LISA MILLER
WFAE-FM

In a year of controversy, the CMS board’s decision to close 11 schools last year was perhaps the most controversial.  The public was told the action would save money. And, in the long-term, that’s still expected to be the case.

But the first-year savings have fallen far short of what CMS administrators projected. In fact, there weren’t any savings at all. Read the full story

Updated Wednesday, Aug. 9
When the new school year begins in a couple of weeks, Davidson IB Middle School will be strangely silent. But there will be a louder buzz at J.M. Alexander Middle School in Huntersville, where the Davidson IB magnet program will become a school-within-a-school. Saturday, Aug. 13, the newly combined school’s Parent Teacher Student Association will hold a “Back to School Fair” to welcome both IB students and their returning J.M. Alexander classmates.

The event will run from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Alexander athletic field, off N.C. 115. (See the “Back to School Fair” event page on Facebook.) Read the full story

Lake Norman Christian School says it has many questions, but will begin negotiations next week with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools about leasing the former Davidson IB Middle School on South Street.

CMS announced Wednesday that the school board picked Lake Norman Christian to lease the aging school, at 251 South St. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has decided to lease the now-vacant Davidson IB Middle School on South Street to Lake Norman Christian School. The CMS board discussed leases for the Davidson site and nine other schools at its meeting Tuesday night. The decision disappointed Davidson town officials, who also had bid to use the school. Read the full story

Davidson IB students, alumni, faculty, staff and family members gather on the Davidson Village Green Thursday. (David Boraks / DavidsonNews.net)

Davidson IB Middle School students, alumni, faculty, families, and current and former staff members made one last walk to the Davidson Village Green Thursday.

Starting in August, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is closing the Davidson IB building, on South Street in Davidson, and is moving its International Baccalaureate Middle Years program to J.M. Alexander Middle School, on N.C. 115 in Huntersville. Davidson IB Principal Jo Karney will become principal of the combined school.

Police over the past week investigate reports of graffiti at Davidson IB Middle School’s old gym and a case of contractor fraud, in which a suspect cashed a Davidson woman’s insurance check but never fixed her roof. No traffic accident reports were filed. Details on these stories, along with a list of the week’s arrests and citations, may be found below. Read the full story